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Someone should build an app 5 different ways and... | Hacker News — Ooph maybe this is something you should do and send me the link ;) Consider applying for YC's Winter 2026 batch! Applications are…

Someone should build an app where women have to... | Hacker News — How should the dating apps decide what questions go on the application? They can't, anything more than filtering by gender and there…

Wireshark 4.6.0 Supports macOS Pktap Metadata (PID, Process ... — As a constant Wireshark user who's personally thanked Gerald Combs for this tool, we don't need an alternative to wireshark, just…

Jolla phone – a full-stack European alternative | Hacker News — Mar 3, 2026 ... But more importantly, we need an alternative to two big tech ... You install libhybris if you want to run Android…

Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AI | Hacker News — I mean the big problem in writing software is that the goal are ever evolving. ... I do believe that we really need an alternative to Google…

Opticsim.jl: Optical Simulation Software | Hacker News — Mar 22, 2021 ... ... software. Oddly enough I'm interested in this package, and have bookmarked it. It's not like I need an alternative to…

Everything is better than PGP (not just GPG - Hacker News — ... software security to red-teaming --- have very little competence with cryptography. ... I need an alternative to "gpg --encrypt --armor…

It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12 - Hacker News — 2 days ago ... I don't need an alternative to beat Apple on every line of the spec sheet. I just need them to align with my values, support…

The Free Software Foundation is dying | Hacker News — Apr 11, 2023 ... We need an alternative to FSF. yarg on April 11, 2023 | parent | prev | next [–]. Ah yes, the notorious den of communists that…

Data engineering and software engineering are converging — Ironic, since "Data Engineers" are probably far more in demand right now than "Software Engineers". ... need an alternative to dbplyr,…

is there a Linux alternative to Sharepoint? I couldn't care l... — So, if you want an alternative to SharePoint you would need an alternative to any M365 Product, including Outlook and OneDrive. ...…

[dupe] Show HN: Bigcapital - A open-source alternative to QuickBooks — Sep 25, 2023 ... We desperately need an alternative to qb. candiddevmike on Sept 25 ... software. I mean no slander or…

Appflowy – open-source Notion Alternative | Hacker News — Nov 16, 2021 ... ... alternative to Atlassian Confluence or other wiki softwares. I ... You are looking for a tool like NetlifyCMS, which…

Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio — Apr 28, 2025 ... I was just about looking for a tool like this. kisamoto on April 28, 2025 | prev | next [–]. I have no connection but…

Ask HN: A tool for writing English that checks... | Hacker News — Is there a tool that does something like this automatically? I thought about writing such tool by myself, but it seems there are no…

I'm a big fan of the way JetBrains sells their licenses. Like a lot of ... — None of those cost money and I don't understand how these awesome apps are all free. I would pay for all of them, they are…

Show HN: I quit my job to build a Kubernetes GUI with Rust — Apr 24, 2023 ... I am genuinely just wondering why I would pay for this tool when there are similar tools that are free to use. I actually…

Ask HN: Solo Senior Developers, Where do we find you? — Mar 20, 2026 ... It is an amazing tool, completely offline, no cloud, no accounts, no subacription. ... I would pay for even a 30 minute chat…

Ask HN: RFS: Modern SQL/db editor - Hacker News — Aug 19, 2024 ... I would pay for a tool that did even ONE of these, but I think all ... I want a native app I can CMD+Tab to. I hear you on this part…

Built a desktop app to organize photos locally with duplicate detection — not sure how much I would pay for it. I would consider this only if it was ... > How about a tool to auto-hide them, thus…